A suite of Blue Ant Media’s FAST channels were launched on LG Channels in North America. In the U.S. Homeful and Total Crime join Love Nature on LG Channels and in Canada, newly launched channels include Homeful, HauntTV and CrimeTime.
Blue Ant Media (Canada) announced at Banff World Media Festival that a suite of FAST channels have launched on LG Channels in the USA and Canada. The launch builds on Blue Ant Media’s momentum and expansion into the emerging free streaming space in North America and around the world. In the USA the true crime channel Total Crime and home renovation channel Homeful join wildlife and nature channel Love Nature on LG Channels. In Canada, LG Channels now includes Homeful, the paranormal-themed channel, HauntTV, and Total Crime’s sister channel, CrimeTime.
The announcement comes in advance of a panel taking place today at the Festival entitled, The FAST/AVOD market is exploding – what’s in it for you?, which includes Jamie Schouela, President, Global Channels and Media, Blue Ant Media, as a panelist. The launches grant LG Channels audiences unlimited and free access to Blue Ant Media’s extensive library of curated programming line-ups on each channel and grows its existing partnership with LG Electronics, which launched Love Nature in the U.S. in 2020.
‘We’re excited to bring our growing slate of free streaming offerings, full of exclusive content, to LG Channels’ audiences,” says Jamie Schouela, President, Global Channels and Media, Blue Ant Media. “Consumers can find the LG Channels app as soon as they power up their screen and engagement is growing quickly in both the US and Canada’.
LG Channels is LG’s exclusive free streaming service available on LG smart TVs, offering a wide selection of premium live and on-demand programming, including movies, TV shows, news, sports, childrens’ programs, and more. With more than 350 channels and rapidly growing, LG TV owners can easily discover their favorite programs by launching the LG Channels application on their LG TV’s webOS platform (LG smart TV models 2016-present).